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The North Sea Transition Authority’s latest UKCS Technology Survey highlights emerging trends in innovation and deployment priorities across 46 operators. The 2025 data set offers a basinwide snapshot of how cutting-edge technologies are advancing efficiency, integrity, and net-zero performance in the UK North Sea.
The contract will cover the design and manufacturing of tree systems, flexible flowlines, a manifold, and controls, as well as installation of the subsea production system.
The Essington-1 well is the first discovery in the Otway since 2021.
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Growing supply of Permian crude oil means the basin will need extra takeaway capacity of up to 500,000 B/D by the end of the 2020s, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. -
With almost 10 Bcf/D of liquefaction capacity scheduled to go into service by 2025, a new report from Moody’s says that US LNG exports should help solidify a floor under natural gas prices as LNG markets see a shortfall in supply.
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The confluence of alternative energies, shifting public sentiment, and the industry’s own improvements to existing fields may upend the industry’s “engine of growth.”
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Kuwait Oil Co. signed a $597-million offshore drilling services contract with Halliburton for six high-pressure/high-temperature exploration wells on two jackup rigs in the Arabian Gulf.
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With the shale industry still awash in red ink, and oil prices falling, it may take more consolidation to try to bring some financial stability to the sector.
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Norwegian authorities approved development plans for Duva and Gjøa P1, both of which are expected to produce first oil in late 2020. The fields will each tie back to the Gjøa platform on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
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The deal consists of stakes in nine shallow-water producing fields covering 108,000 gross acres in 10–50 m of water.
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Baker Hughes, a GE company, (BHGE) and C3.ai announced a joint venture agreement that brings together BHGE’s fullstream oil and gas expertise with C3.ai’s unique artificial-intelligence software suite to deliver digital transformation technologies and drive productivity for the oil and gas industry.
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Twelve organizations—universities and private technology companies—will conduct research and development on emerging shale plays and technologies covering everything from digital pressure-sensing to smart microchip proppant.
